Contents tagged with Russia
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Lawyer: The list of persecuted Crimean Tatars is getting longer every week
Mark Feygin, a Russian lawyer, says that he has compiled a list of Crimean Tatars who are political prisoners and who are being persecuted on political grounds. According to him, this list is getting longer every week, Krym.Realii reported.
He also says that the list should be included “in future resolutions and statements by official and non-governmental international organizations”.
“It is at 18 people today, but this list grows with each passing week. We as the defenders of the Crimean …
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Poroshenko: Russia’s behavior proves its involvement in the downing of MH17
Ukraine is making every effort to ensure that those responsible for the tragedy of the plane crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have been punished.
“Ukraine remembers each victim of the MH17 crash. Terrorism in any form is unacceptable, and those responsible for this tragedy should be punished,” read the statement made by the Ukrainian head of state on the second anniversary of the tragedy in the skies over a Russian-occupied part of the Donbas, the presidential press service reports. …
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Five countries call for punishment for perpetrators of MH17 crash
The countries that investigated the crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in the Donetsk region confirmed their readiness to bring to justice those responsible for this incident. They released a joint statement to that effect from the permanent representatives of Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Malaysia at the United Nations on the behalf of their governments on the occasion of the second anniversary of the crash.
“These states reaffirmed their commitment to take all …
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Peskov confirmed the possibility of a meeting between Putin and Erdogan in August
The Press Secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, said that the Kremlin confirms the possibility of a meeting between the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in August, RIA Novosti reports.
"A meeting was discussed and it may take place in August," Peskov said.
It is noted that a source in the office of the Turkish President told television channel NTV that the meeting between Putin and Erdogan may occur at the beginning of …
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Russia begins drilling operations off the coast of Ukraine
Russia has installed the jack-up rig “Sivash” in the Ukrainian waters of the Black Sea.
Border guard officers have reported a violation of norms of the international law of the sea by Russia. Namely, they recorded drilling operations on the sea shelf of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service official website informs. As stated in the report, relevant ministries and agencies have already been informed of this incident.
“Between July 16–17, the ship of the State Border Guard Service, in …
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Separatist fighter: Without the help of Russia, DPR would not last a week against Ukrainian forces
Alexander Zhuchkovsky, a known Russian fighter and volunteer who supports separatists in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, acknowledged that without the help of Russia, the self-proclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine would not last a week against Ukrainian forces. He also said that in the Donbas, the war against the Armed Forces of Ukraine is in fact being fought by the Russian Federation. He wrote this on his page on the VKontakte social network.
“Some comrades resent and protest when …
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US demands suspension of Russian team from the 2016 Olympic Games
The US Anti-Doping Agency (the USADA) has asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and the Russian Paralympic Committee (RCC) from the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, according to a letter from USADA to IOC President Thomas Bach, a copy of which was obtained by R-Sport portal.
“An independent investigation confirmed the shocking picture of the long-term scheme of encouraging the use of doping by the authorities and the intervention in anti- …
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US House Committee on Foreign Affairs approves resolution on countering Russian aggression in Ukraine
The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House of Representatives has approved a resolution on measures to counter Russian aggression in Ukraine. The resolution also mentions the provision of assistance to Ukraine in carrying out democratic reforms and strengthening sanctions against Russia, in connection with the annexation of Crimea. This was reported by the Voice of America.
The bill was introduced by Congressman Eliot Engel, a Democrat. The document refers to the statement by the US …
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Bellingcat: Russia used fake evidence to blame Kiev for downing of MH17
Expert journalists from Bellingcat Group, which is engaged in independent investigations based on open sources, accused Russia of lying about shooting down the Malaysian aircraft flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. In a new report published on Friday, July 15, the Bellingcat “Study of open sources on MH17: two years later” says, “We believe that the Buk missile system, which shot down [flight] MH17, came from Russia, and the Russian authorities lied, falsified evidence and …
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Russian Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation denies sending equipment to the Crimea
State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom states that the company did not supply equipment for thermal power plants under construction in Crimea because the contract for the construction of thermal plants on the occupied peninsula was not completed.
“All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics (VNIIA), named after N.L. Dukhov and a part of Rosatom, diversifies export markets and takes part in all competitions. And the fact that we win with our technology APCS (Automatic Process Control System) …